Hardcover - 1st. Print - FINE/FINE (As New) - The wonderful Forry Ackerman's history of Science Fiction in film and literature - Lavishly illustrated!!! - Preface by A.E. Van Vogt - Foreword by John Landis!!!!

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Bibliographic Details

Title

FORREST J. ACKERMAN'S WORLD OF SCIENCE FICTION

Publisher

GENERAL PUBLISHING GROUP, Los Angeles, CA

Publication Date

1997

Language

English

ISBN 10

1575440695

ISBN 13

9781575440699

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition

Condition

As New

Dust Jacket Condition

As New

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SCIENCE FICTION and FANTASY

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Synopsis

Offers a historical look at science fiction as a genre in literature, films, and television

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Few adolescent males of the 1960s were immune to the creepy, punning charms of Famous Monsters of Filmland. Ackerman, the magazine's editor, houses a 300,000-item collection of fantasy memorabilia in his Hollywood "Ackermansion," and he has raided it for this elaborate, nostalgic scrapbook on the history of horror's slightly more mature cousin, science fiction. With 300 mostly color photos and evocative commentary by "4SJ" himself, the volume traces sf's development from Verne and Wells (Ackerman actually met and befriended the latter) to the pulp magazines to genre masters like Asimov and Bradbury. Plenty of attention is lavished, of course, on big-and small-screen sf, from Melies' three-minute Trip to the Moon (1899) to Star Wars and The X-Files. Di Fate's Infinite Worlds offered a tonier look at sf art, but Ackerman gives us the collection that appeals to the inner 12-year-old boy in readers of all ages and both genders. Gordon Flagg

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